Title :
Current results of the US DOE high penetration solar deployment project
Author :
Thomas, Holly ; Lynn, Kevin ; Razon, Alvin
Author_Institution :
US Dept. of Energy SunShot Initiative, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The SunShot Vision Study defines a scenario for solar energy technologies to significantly contribute to meeting U.S. electricity demand. To achieve this, work is in progress to identify, quantify, and address the impacts of high levels of distributed PV generation on electric distribution systems. The Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP) initiated a project to gain experience and to identify and quantify these potential impacts, develop and verify models of these systems, evaluate methods for mitigating any impacts, and develop potential solutions. This paper summarizes the current progress of the six competitively selected projects.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; photovoltaic power systems; solar power stations; Department of Energy; SETP; Solar Energy Technologies Program; SunShot vision study; US DOE high penetration solar deployment project; US electricity demand; distributed PV generation; electric distribution system; Data models; Educational institutions; Energy storage; Integrated circuit modeling; Inverters; Load modeling; Monitoring; PV; SunShot; data acquisition system; distributed generation; distribution engineering analysis; energy storage; high penetration; interconnection; modeling and simulation; photovoltaic systems; solar generation; utilities;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2012 38th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0064-3
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317710
